Sandalwood

Sandalwood, an aromatic, sweet-smelling wood, was discovered growing in Hawaii (then called the Sandwich Isles) in 1790. By 1820 the sandalwood forests were so depleted that Hawaii was no longer involved in providing products for the China Trade. American interest in the Hawaiian Islands dated from the China Trade days, however, and eventually Hawaii was annexed to the United States. Hawaii became a state in 1959.